| 释义 |
† preke Obs.
Also 7 preak.
[Of unknown origin.]
A polyp, an octopus.
1611Cotgr., Poulpe,..the Pourcontrell, Preke, or many-footed fish. 1639S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 18 Love is like honour,..like unto the Pourcontrell, or Peake [sic] fish, who becomes of the same colour the things are, whereon it fastens. 1681Grew Musæum i. v. iv. 121 The Preke or Poulps, Polypus. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xiii, You are likewise to abstain from Beans, from the Preak (by some called the Polyp) [poulpe (qu'on nomme Polype)]. 1758[see pourcuttle]. |